Russia serves warrant on tycoon

Moscow - Russia served an arrest warrant yesterday on Mr Boris Berezovsky, dealing a blow to the country's most controversial…

Moscow - Russia served an arrest warrant yesterday on Mr Boris Berezovsky, dealing a blow to the country's most controversial business baron in a political struggle tinged with sleaze and corruption allegations.

The prosecutor-general issued a warrant for Mr Berezovsky's arrest on suspicion of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars from the national airline Aeroflot, which he controlled for several years.

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